The Gospel of Philip contains one of the most debated lines in early Christian literature - Jesus kissing Mary Magdalene. But what does it really mean? This video explores the Gnostic context, the ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

An ancient depiction of a naked woman hung on the wall of my father’s study. Skeletal, stupefied, and wildly bedheaded, she contemplated distances across time and space, as saints and mystics do. As ...